For this year’s BAI OPEN HOUSE on September 06, 2025, BERLIN ART INSTITUTE is organizing the BAI OPEN STUDIOS and the two exhibitions BAI FELLOWS & hugging: A Decade of International and Personal Connection.
Location: BAI | BERLIN ART INSTITUTE
BAI Open House: September 06, 2025, 3 – 9 pm
Exhibition Opening: September 06, 6 – 9 PM
Exhibition Dates “hugging”: September 07 – 25, 2025
Exhibition Dates “BAI Fellows”: September 07 – 12, 2025
Address: An der Industriebahn 12–16, 13088 Berlin, Building 404, Top Floor
Participating Artists in the BAI Open Studios:
Giel Brouwer, Matthew Clara, Taylor Janell Field, Leslie Grollman, Adva Kremer, Ingrid Munoz, Ali Raid Najm, Vira Protskykh, Serj, Nadia Terpiłowska, Beatrix Villiers, among others
Running concurrently with hugging is the annual BAI Fellows Exhibition (September 7–12, 2025), presenting selected works developed by fellows over the past 12 months during their participation in BAI’s intensive Studio Program. This showcase highlights emerging voices and experimental practices, offering insight into the diverse media, themes, and approaches explored during their residency.
The Fellows Exhibition is a cornerstone of BAI’s program, demonstrating its commitment to mentorship, process driven creation, and critical dialogue. By inviting the public to engage with the fellows’ latest works, the exhibition serves as a vital platform for emerging artists to connect with curators, collectors, and the broader art community.
With works by Afnan Albladi, Aparna Bidasaria, Huda Beydoun, AJ Black, Stav Eitan, Yusef Fageeh, Hadass Gilboa, Shay Govhary, Ammar Jiman, Zara Koops, Mariia Lutsak, Sumit Mehndiratta, Oksana Metka, Hila Mrad, Ashlee Zlatna, Karla Zurita.
On the occasion of the institute’s 10th anniversary celebration, BAI presents a special exhibition titled hugging: A Decade of International and Personal Connection – commemorating 10 years of creative exchange, collaboration, and community – in our project space 404 | BAI which will feature contributions by Fatma Abdulhadi, Akay, Nouf AlMugairi, Daniah AlSaleh, Meshaal Alzeer, Carolina Amaya, Universidad del Atlántico, Gemma Taylor, Shqiprim Balazoski, Tara Bewley, Huda Beydoun, Daniel Coughlin, Valentina Cordoba, Gunner Dongieux, Helen Esberg, Hadass Gilboa, Shay Tova Govhary, James Haley, Hyon Hartberger, Bashaer Hawsawi, Shlomit Hiller, Emily Hunt, Hannah Isennock, Shireen Ikramullah, Ammar Jiman, Bonu Kamalova, Daria Kovaleva, Anna Van Der Kuip, Namhee Kwon, Euan Lynn, Sumit Mehndiratta, Meenakshi Nihalani, Khalid Nadhirah, Raisa Nosova, Carl Rojens, Anat Ofer, Camila Piana, Aarti Pillai, Bernd Reichert, Geneviève Roy, Lisa Schoefer, Rolf Schulenburg, Skyla Schreter, Dahye Sim, Sage Sidley, Elinor Shapiro, Abeer Sultan, Mona Sunbol, Abbey Sy, Tiffany Tang, Solene Tartivelle, Ella Taub, Mukta Tripathy, Tu!, Youseline Vital, Demelza Woodbridge, Abdelhak Yahiaoui, Kristin Zibell, Karla Zurita, among others
Further information about hugging.
